Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Priscilla* Rollins Let the Good Times Roll Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt Lucas* The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Matt Lucas* Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

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